Seeing the crowds,he went up on the mountain,and when he sat down,his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouthand taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:1-3 ESV The French mathematician Blaise Pascal once wrote: All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3GnM6UFa3SePawycj9p6sl?si=_Qt_CcwlRzaCTZrCdOVKhA for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,but the way of wicked will perish. Psalm 1:6 ESV After all has been said in the first five verses of Psalm 1, this sixth and final verse gives us the fitting concluding contrast between the blessed and the wicked. The blessed, here synonymously called the …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gpWHw1E0E5B96EL9CU0Jq?si=uzOwcBHwTE2OK1fZceoRJw nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous Psalm 1:5 ESV In the first part of this verse, the psalmist made the declaration that the wicked will not stand in the judgment. Like chaff that the wind drives away, they will be driven away from the presence of the Holy One on the final …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VUhBHyjjWSQwjcLQsy1QR?si=VTot4XuLReOBGoe6KpvIzA Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment Psalm 1:5 ESV After giving a three-verse portrait of the blessed, the psalmist gave a terse contrasting image of the wicked. Unlike the blessed, they do not delight in and meditate upon God's Word; thus, they are not rooted in eternal truth like trees beside …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FdwCknRqIqeFhDUK0JjrS?si=x-O4xVtXSrWjiHgWTIkBHA but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Psalm 1:4 ESV After three verses of describing the blessed man, verse 4 then presented us with this psalm’s great contrast by simply declaring, the wicked are not so. When reading each characteristic of the blessed man, we can simultaneously understand that the wicked are …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/27OqHx32VJfuuguaKeWj9w?si=KDCJjvfMQtWYf0lwylxStA The wicked are not so, Psalm 1:4 ESV As we set our gaze upon verse 4, the psalmist presents us with the great contrast of this psalm. You see, for the first three verses, the focus has been upon the blessed man, the one who is favored by God. Verse 1 revealed the company …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QcBqc2cDIerP1QVBXdps6?si=LeptKK8pROeAa-mfa87x2A In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3 ESV After describing how the blessed man is like a tree, the psalmist concludes verse 3 with this simple declaration: In all that he does, he prospers. This can easily be read as a sort of summary statement of everything that has come before it. …
Continue reading In All That He Does, He Prospers | Psalm 1:3
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TeZhzjrUonVmchnDZDz2l?si=0GQApzeuSx2WAqJE5nuafA and its leaf does not wither. Psalm 1:3 ESV As we continue to meditate through Psalm 1, we reach the third and final metaphorical description of the blessed man’ tree-likeness: and its leaf does not wither. As we have seen, the comparison of God’s people to a tree is meant to convey steadfastness that, …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/00RB71jFI0OIahbZnQsL8a?si=GJnSXumtQY2XWLn9AhTeiA that yields its fruit in its season Psalm 1:3 ESV The blessed man, the psalmist says, is like a tree. He is strong and enduring because he is planted beside streams of water that nourish his growth, which are the Scriptures in the life of the Christian. We now move on to the second …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6A1ZdKsG3uyTZlKSpd5tSV?si=efd4b996d0e64cf3 and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:2 ESV We last observed that those who are blessed by God do not merely avoid the corrupting influence of the wicked; instead, they are enraptured by a delight in God's law, His holy Word. Their greatest joy is hearing the voice of the …
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